diff --git a/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi b/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi
index 99b9fbfaa..9e822fbe6 100644
--- a/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2/__builtin__.pyi
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ class SyntaxError(_StandardError):
     msg: str
     lineno: int
     offset: Optional[int]
-    text: str
+    text: Optional[str]
     filename: str
 class SystemError(_StandardError): ...
 class TypeError(_StandardError): ...
diff --git a/stdlib/2and3/builtins.pyi b/stdlib/2and3/builtins.pyi
index 99b9fbfaa..9e822fbe6 100644
--- a/stdlib/2and3/builtins.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2and3/builtins.pyi
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ class SyntaxError(_StandardError):
     msg: str
     lineno: int
     offset: Optional[int]
-    text: str
+    text: Optional[str]
     filename: str
 class SystemError(_StandardError): ...
 class TypeError(_StandardError): ...